Minirepo behind a proxy

[sbchand]

Hello,

I wish to run Minirepo behind a proxy server and use it as a local cache / hex mirror.

With direct internet connectivity (without a proxy server), minirepo starts and automatically fetches packages. However, if minirepo is behind a proxy, it is not able to reach / fetch packages. I tried setting environment variables - e.g. "https_proxy" and "HTTPS_PROXY"; however, I felt the environment variables were ignored.

Am I missing anything? If yes, could you please provide appropriate pointers?

Regards
Bala

[wojtekmach]

Yes, these environment variables are ignored.

MiniRepo.Mirror uses hex_core to fetch data from the upstream repository. hex_core ships with a built-in, httpc-based adapter which you can configure like this:

:httpc.set_options([proxy: {{'proxy.mycompany.com, 8000}, ['localhost']}])

This uses proxy.mycompany.com:8000 as proxy except for requests towards localhost. I'd suggest putting this code in MiniRepo.Application before starting the supervision tree. Let me know if this solves the problem.

A long term solution would be to allow configuring hex_core via mirror configuration, and configuring proxy via hex_core configuration.

[sbchand]

I tried your proposal and it works great.

Thanks very much for your quick and prompt response; highly appreciate it.

Regards
Bala

[wojtekmach]

Since this is tracked in hex_core, I'm gonna close it.